Adelaide; Not just the city of churches

Note: this post is in conjunction with a travel photography assignment I have been working on for a freelance photography course.

Majority of Australian’s have been known to portray Adelaide as the City of Churches, when in fact there are many things to do and see.Here I will express why it’s so much more and the other beauties of South Australia.

Black and White Photography; the Lost Art

Shooting in monochrome seems to be a lost art among photographers and photo editors. In my own opinion black and white (monochrome) photography has the possibility of making any photograph better. Most photographers shoot in colour and don’t normally expand their ‘horizons’ by shooting in monochrome. Taking monochrome photographs can stretch your creativity and allows you to see the photo from a different perspective than that of colour. Obviously not all photographs work in black and white, but when picking the correct photo to be converted into monochrome it can allow the photo to have much more meaning, or even tell a story.

I will be focusing this article on images that have the 6 main aspects of monochrome photography known as texture, tonality, composition, contrast, lines and form, hopefully to assist new photographer’s in future monochrome photography.
All photographs are mine and consist of mainly nature and landscape photographs, all taken or edited in black and white.

Flinders University, South Australia

This photo was taken using the monochrome option on my camera, rather than post-editing a coloured photo. This particular photo has strong texture which allows the image to have depth and interest. The texture of this photograph has been formed by the contrast changes between trees. 

Landscape Photography; Deconstructed.

This is something I came across just from browsing the interwebs. I found it really cool and a unique way to showcase your landscape photography. By using however many trees you like (I used 3ish) just deconstruct your photos by sectioning off each part of the tree (you don’t have to use trees). Once you’re happy with all your photos you can add them into a grid format by using photoshop. There are many YouTube tutorials that show you how to do this :).

Here is my first attempt of deconstructing landscape photos….

Great Ocean Road

A feature package of why tourists and Australians should be experiencing one of the world’s most scenic coastal drives.

Tantanoola Caves

The Tantanoola caves is an extraordinary location situated in the Limestone Coast north of Mount Gambier, South Australia. For only a small fee these impressive caves come with a hosted tour and allows you to walk around at your leisure, taking as many photographs as you like.

The caves consist of shells, pebbles, seal bones and dolomite, making it for a unique photographic experience. To capture the golden colours of the cave I had to adjust my camera’s settings to an aperture of 3.5, ISO of 1600 and a slow shutter speed.

Loch Ard Gorge

Loch Ard Gorge is a part of Port Campbell National Park. There are three walking trails visitors can take part in to learn about the shipwreck history that specifically defines this area. Photographs do not give Loch Ard Gorge enough credit, experiencing the narrow cliff openings in person is truly an amazing experience. This long exposure photo of Loch Ard gorge was taken using an ND400 filter which is a 9 stop neutral density filter . The neutral density filter allowed the camera to be on a low shutter speed during the day time.